# NTSB MKC83LA131: Boeing A75N1, N54582, Benkelman, NE, June 19, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 19, 1983, 12:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Benkelman, NE
- Coordinates: 40.050773, -101.529983 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0508&lon=-101.5300&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 33423
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC83LA131
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/33423/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC83LA131

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of engine power, cruise - normal
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, maneuvering - turn to landing area (emergency)
- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)

## Analysis

THE PLT STATED HE WAS FLYING AT A LOW ALTITUDE ALONG A RIVER WHEN THE ENG FAILED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N54582](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N54582), registered now, S/N 753728 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING A75N1
- Registry model: [Boeing A75N1(PT17)](https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (registry code 1380134) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 753728
- Engines: CONTINENTAL W-670-6A 220 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Stanley A. Jones
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Normal
- Last inspection: Annual, May 30, 1983, 25 hours before

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 36; flight instructor, commercial; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 2, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: center; flight hours: 5,650 total, 370 in this make and model, 5,250 as pilot in command, 185 in the last 90 days, 10 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 100° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: MCK, 45 nm away

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830619025749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830619025749A), Jun 19, 1983: Boeing A75N1, Benkelman, NE, Substantial damage. Landed in tree tops. Pilot suspected carburetor ice. Charts show operation not in icing probability curve.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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